Raspberry Pi: Your cheap Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver

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In this tutorial you will learn how to teach your Raspberry Pi to become a brave Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver. What is AIS? The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is an automatic tracking system used on/for ships. It transmits information like identification, position, course and speed. Ingredients Raspberry Pi (2 model B) DVB-T-DAB-FM receiver Client… Continue reading Raspberry Pi: Your cheap Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver

Raspberry Pi: Controlling your wall sockets

In this post I will describe 2 methods to operate “remote controlled sockets” via the Raspberry Pi. The methods differ in the used software. Both methods use C as development language and compile to native Raspberry Pi code (ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked). The prerequisites and wiring are the… Continue reading Raspberry Pi: Controlling your wall sockets

Netwerkconfiguratie van OpenWrt op een Asus WL-HDD

In dit artikel wordt beschreven hoe de netwerkinstellingen van OpenWrt (versie Kamikaze) op de Asus WL-HDD (wireless harddiskdrive) geconfigureerd moeten worden. Doel is om de Asus WL-HDD draadloos (Wi-Fi) te laten connecten met het WIFI-access point. In mijn geval is het WiFo-access point een Samsung Router SMT-G3210 geconfigureerd als ADSL-router. We hebben reeds in de… Continue reading Netwerkconfiguratie van OpenWrt op een Asus WL-HDD

Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?

Read e-mail safely on travel

The holiday has been started, you love to check your e-mail, Facebook or WhatsApp at your holiday location but can you trust the provided Wi-Fi-connection? The answer is: NO. Never trust these kind of Wi-Fi-networks. Maybe somebody has set up a wireless access point (AP)/WLAN-hotspot with the same name as the access point of your… Continue reading Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?